Regional scalp block for postcraniotomy analgesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1093-1102

  Guilfoyle, Mathew R ^a   Helmy, Adel ^a   Duane, Derek ^a   Hutchinson, Peter J A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

COCHRANE LIBRARY; CRANIOTOMY; EMBASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE INJURY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REGIONAL SCALP BLOCK; REVIEW; SCALP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CRANIOTOMY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCALP;

EID: 84876775073     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182863c22     Document Type: Review

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